AIO for Lombard?

2005-06-08 Thread alienbill
I'm using a Lombard 333mhz with 320mb ram as my main computer. I'm looking to replace my ancient SCSI scanner and my printer with a low-end printer/ scanner/copier. Every one I see say G3 required/ G4 recommended. I'm concerned my laptop may not be up to speed. I'd like to hear from those with

Re: Replacement power adapter recommendations?

2005-06-08 Thread David Lesher
Pull it out of the center and Radio Shack had a replacement for mine, and I believe Dell also sells the same cord that looks like Mickey Mouse. That is the AC cord, to the wall. It never fails, IMHO. If you are talking about the cord that goes from the supply to the computer, That *is*

Re: Replacement power adapter recommendations?

2005-06-08 Thread Anne Judge
On Jun 7, 2005, at 11:57 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: Pull it out of the center and Radio Shack had a replacement for mine, and I believe Dell also sells the same cord that looks like Mickey Mouse. Oh, that would be the *AC* cord. The question was about the *DC* cord. If you are talking about the

Re: Replacement power adapter recommendations?

2005-06-08 Thread David Lesher
Oh, that would be the *AC* cord. The question was about the *DC* cord. http://www.macally.com/spec/specialties/accessories/psac4.html Wonder if you can buy that cord as a replacement item.. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Replacement power adapter recommendations?

2005-06-08 Thread Tom Ethen
Radio Shack is not an electronics store! When I did my daughters, I just split the Yo Yo and then I used the old cable, cut it and just soldered it back in place. A bit of plastic glue and all was good. I've never seen the G3/G4 connectors at Radios Hackand I've looked. Do you have a SKU?

Re: AIO for Lombard?

2005-06-08 Thread david
On Jun 8, 2005, at 6:05 AM, alienbill wrote: I'm using a Lombard 333mhz with 320mb ram as my main computer. I'm looking to replace my ancient SCSI scanner and my printer with a low-end printer/ scanner/copier. Every one I see say G3 required/ G4 recommended. I'm concerned my laptop may not

[OT] Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-08 Thread Laurent Daudelin
I've been using a Canon i960 for about a year now, from time to time. This morning, my daughter had to print an important homework she had to turn in and since it had colors, she went with the i960. Well, she was not able to get the black ink to print. They awoke me and I tried deep cleaning the

Re: [OT] Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-08 Thread Mark
On 6/8/05 10:31 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using a Canon i960 for about a year now, from time to time... I'm thinking that using non-Canon ink might be the problem. Anyway, I'm considering replacing the printer... Any recommendation? I'm looking for a printer

Re: [OT] Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-08 Thread Tom Ethen
I use Epson printers for my Photography work and therefore have an Epson printer for my daily needs, although a less expensive version. I once tried the extremely cheap Chinese inks in my Epson daily driver and to tell you the truth, they worked very well, although photos printed with the Chinese

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2005-06-08 Thread Claire Hart
Most likely, I will be a real estate agent by the end of the summer. I am required to have a computer that will run the required software. The office is checking now with their computer people to see if there are Mac versions of the software, but at this point they've never had an agent to

Re: [OT] Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-08 Thread peter
At 11:50 AM 6/8/2005, Tom Ethen wrote: I then went on vacation for a couple of months and when I came back, the ink had turned to the consistency of honey and would not print properly. After hours of cleaning, I finally got it to work, but it was still pretty messed up and would now clog if left

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2005-06-08 Thread Brian
I use Virtual PC 6.1. It works well enough for me with Office (I sometimes load it to use MS Access). Virtual PC 7 might be a better choice for you. You pretty much have your choice of Windows systems to load on it. I'm running it with Windows 2000 right now, but you can get XP as

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2005-06-08 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 08/06/05 13:36, Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most likely, I will be a real estate agent by the end of the summer. I am required to have a computer that will run the required software. The office is checking now with their computer people to see if there are Mac versions of the

Re: Real estate on macs

2005-06-08 Thread Keith Johnson
My wife was a real estate agent. Much of the MLS stuff worked fine with Macs, since it's basically web-based. Not sure what other software you use. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our

Re: Replacement power adapter recommendations?

2005-06-08 Thread Ruffin Bailey
The #1 failure of such is the DC cord/plug. Youda thunk someone made a charger with a replaceable DC cord. It looks like the iPods have such... Strangely, the part that broke here is the AC cord, so to speak. I have to push the wire into the attachment into the hockey puck and it'll

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2005-06-08 Thread Jason
virtual PC 6 ran pretty ok on my PB 1.5 with a gig of RAM, using win2k... On Jun 8, 2005, at 10:36, Claire Hart wrote: Most likely, I will be a real estate agent by the end of the summer. I am required to have a computer that will run the required software. The office is checking now

Re: Heat issue/Apple

2005-06-08 Thread Andre Balogh
On 08 Jun 2005, at 17:44, G-Books wrote: In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Heat issue/Apple Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 16:06:24 -0500 I'm a bit ignorant here; what exactly does the iTunes too do? Brian On Jun 7, 2005, at 5:37

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2005-06-08 Thread Don
Claire Hart wrote: Most likely, I will be a real estate agent by the end of the summer. I am required to have a computer that will run the required software. The office is checking now with their computer people to see if there are Mac versions of the software, but at this point they've

Re: Replacement power adapter recommendations?

2005-06-08 Thread Ruffin Bailey
Subject: Re: Replacement power adapter recommendations? From: David Lesher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:44:19 -0400 ... You can buy the plug end from iGo, a universal replacement power supply company -- it's $12, I think, but in a molded form that would be a PITA to solder a

Re: [OT] Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-08 Thread Michelle
Hi everyone, I'll put my 2-cent's in as well. I have had good success with an Epson Stylus Photo 820 and an Epson Photo C84 printer... both have printed decently in full-color for my needs (which are not professional, but for my business and personal use, and for my dog rescue group.) I

Re: [OT] Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-08 Thread Brian Scott Oplinger
I've been using a Canon i960 for about a year now, from time to time. ... Anyway, I'm considering replacing the printer My not too humble $0.02's worth on this subject. Since the cost of ink is the biggest cost factor with these things, just buy the cheapest on sale at the local box store

Re: Replacement power adapter recommendations?

2005-06-08 Thread David Lesher
The #1 failure of such is the DC cord/plug. Youda thunk someone made a charger with a replaceable DC cord. It looks like the iPods have such... Strangely, the part that broke here is the AC cord, so to speak. I have to push the wire into the attachment into the hockey puck and it'll

Re: AIO for Lombard?, I like the Brother MFC420CN

2005-06-08 Thread Andrew in Ann Arbor
On Jun 8, 2005, at 6:05 AM, alienbill wrote: I'm using a Lombard 333mhz with 320mb ram as my main computer. I'm looking to replace my ancient SCSI scanner and my printer with a low-end printer/ scanner/copier. Every one I see say G3 required/ G4 recommended. I'm concerned my laptop may

Re: Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-08 Thread sacear3
Laurent, I have used Canon, Epson, and HP printers. In my experience Canon has always been the best in print quality and performance. One difference is that I have not used the low-end printers or low-cost ink. I use the multi-cartridge printers. To me, printers are like stereo speakers, the

troubleshooting G4 15 long distance...

2005-06-08 Thread Brian
Hardware Overview:   Machine Model: PowerBook G4 15   CPU Type:PowerPC G4  (3.3)   Number Of CPUs: 1   CPU Speed:  1 GHz   L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB   Memory:768 MB   Bus Speed: 133 MHz   Boot ROM Version:4.5.3f2 OS X 10.3.0 -- This laptop is taking

Re: Real Estate on Macs

2005-06-08 Thread lesriess
I'm in real estate also and from my understanding the MLS system uses Active-X, whatever the heck that is (I don't really care to know), which helps to keep the MLS from playing nice with Macs. Also, the MLS, at least for my Board of Realtors, although I think the MLS system is universal, is

Re: troubleshooting G4 15 long distance...

2005-06-08 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 08/06/05 20:03, Brian at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hardware Overview:   Machine Model: PowerBook G4 15   CPU Type:PowerPC G4  (3.3)   Number Of CPUs: 1   CPU Speed:  1 GHz   L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB   Memory:768 MB   Bus Speed: 133 MHz   Boot ROM Version:

Re: Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-08 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 08/06/05 19:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Laurent, I have used Canon, Epson, and HP printers. In my experience Canon has always been the best in print quality and performance. One difference is that I have not used the low-end printers or low-cost ink. I use the

powerbook g3 pismo battery problem

2005-06-08 Thread simon goslin
g'day, the battery in my pismo (powerbook g3 firewire) has just died (m7318) and i wondered if it has anything to do with the recent os upgrade i performed (10.2 to 10.3)? everything was fine until i upgraded a couple of weeks ago and now it's as dead as a dodo. is this a strange

Re: [OT] Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-08 Thread Tom Ethen
That is all well and good, except when I go to use the printer for work and it does not function properly, I will not find the money I saved on cheap ink worth the irritation of a non functional printer. Tom use cheapo replacement inks. If it stops working in 2 years, the money you saved

Re: Real Estate on Macs

2005-06-08 Thread Timothy Luoma
On Jun 8, 2005, at 9:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in real estate also and from my understanding the MLS system uses Active-X, whatever the heck that is (I don't really care to know), which helps to keep the MLS from playing nice with Macs. It's the part of IE that causes most of